Share Everything Not Cheap - $10 Tablet & Galaxy S3 Costly: How to Calculate & Keep Unlimited Data

Tablet Usage Per Month

Tablet Usage Per MonthVerizon Wireless shareholders and executives are very pleased with the profit capabilities of Verizon's new Share Everything plans.  The only thing shared in the plans is data which can be very costly, especially since data is what people and even tweens are using the most. Although the Share Everything plan commerical uses the world "only." It is not only $10 when you do the math.

Let's look at Verizon's latest commercial, you see the lovely yuppie couple whom we estimate to be in their twenties.  They will love the unlimited text - but the data is where they'll really pay.  If say one of them would like to buy the latest smartphone the Samsung Galaxy S III at a subsidized price they will have sign up for at least two years of the  Share Everything plan.

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AT&T Ditches T-Mobile Buy Agrees to Roaming Agreement

AT&T has abandoned the massive T-Mobile aquisition deal. AT&T said today that after a thorough review of options it has agreed with Deutsche Telekom AG to end its bid to acquire T-Mobile USA, which began in March of this year.

To reflect the break-up considerations due Deutsche Telekom, AT&T will recognize a pretax accounting charge of $4 billion in the 4th quarter of 2011.  Additionally, AT&T will enter a mutually beneficial roaming agreement with Deutsche Telekom.

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Sony & Ericsson Divorced Sony Gets All Handsets & Android

Sony Ericsson

Sony EricssonSony announced that it will acquire Ericsson’s 50 percent stake in Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB and Sony will get custody of the entire mobile handset business a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony.

Sony will rapidly integrate smart phones into its electronic device offerings including tablets televisions, computers, games and consumer electronics. Sony recently announced that will focus on Android smartphones.

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Amazon to Kindle Fire in OS Wars by Buying HP TouchPad webOS?

Kindle Fire

Kindle FireAmazon is learning from the HP TouchPad fire sale by pricing its Amazon Kindle Fire at a super low price and also may even buy the operating system from HP.  The sale is a family affair.  The Amazon Kindle Fire is on presale from Amazon and will be released on November 15.  The HP TouchPad was liquidated in August.

VentureBeat reported that Amazon is closest to make a deal to buy Palm and webOS software.  Palm's former CEO Jon Rubinstein is on the Amazon board.   Rubenstein told Joshua Toplosky, in July that Amazon would make a "great partner' to expand webOS devices.  The operating system was created by Palm for the launch of the Palm Pre and can also run on smartphones.

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